Roza Fatch Mbilizi

Rosa Madalo Fatch became Roza Fatch Mbilizi is a Malawian politician and Member of Parliament who serves as the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development. She was appointed by President Peter Mutharika in October 2025. She took her first degree in Social Science at Chancellor College and she graduated in 1989. She was enrolled at the University of Queensland from 1991 to 1993 where she graduated with a master's degree in economic studies. She was an economist at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Development in the 1990s. In 2000 she became the Head of Policy, Planning and Research at the Malawi Revenue Authority and she was there for twelve years.

She married Francis Mbilizi, however he died in 2020. She objected to the name that that the Malawi Electoral Commission placed on the ballot form as she had applied as Roza Madalo Fatch. She had campaigned under this name having been told by the MEC that the name was fine. The commission later registered her under her married name of Rosa Madalo Mbilizi even though she had legally reverted to the name of Fatch when she became a widow. The court supported the MEC who argued that they were trying to minimise confusion in the electorate. Kingstone denied any wrongdoing and was later released on bail by the Mangochi Magistrate Court.

Re-elected President Peter Mutharika announced her as a Minister of Agriculture on 16 October 2025. She was one of only six women in a cabinet of 24 people. The low number of women and the high number of cabinet members attracted some criticism. Mbilizi commended the tobacco industry in 2025 as they purchased 221m kg of tobacco. They had only expected 213m kg so she was pleased that the additional tobacco had been purchased. Commissioner Ebbie Mathanda, who was the Tobacco Commission Vice Chairperson noted that farmers needed to grow what was required observing all the quality standards.

In March 2026 she was announcing the second phase of a mechanisation project supported by Philip Morris International and involving a local company Pyxus Agriculture Limited. 23 tractors were loaned to farmers in 2024 as part of the national agriculture policy and in 2026 the project was 40.